Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK Government Resilience Action Plan: 2026 Implementation Report, updated 1 October 2026, what initial findings from Exercise PEGASUS informed the Pandemic Preparedness Strategy published in March 2026; and on what date she expects the post exercise report to be published.

Relevant initial lessons from Exercise PEGASUS informed the Pandemic Preparedness Strategy. More information is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pandemic-preparedness-strategy-building-our-capabilities

The post-exercise report is aimed to be delivered in winter 2026.